Séanín Brennan

Séainín Brennan is a Northern Irish actress. She is known for various lead roles in TV, theatre and film. Brennan starred opposite Philip Glenister as Frances in Ronan Bennett’s political conspiracy thriller Hidden (2011), a role which saw her awarded Belfast Telegraph’s Woman of the Year in the Arts. She next appeared on screen for the BBC as grieving mother and battered wife Liz Tyler in Allan Cubitt’s critically acclaimed psychological thriller The Fall (2013–2016) opposite Jamie Dornan. Brennan starred opposite John Hannah as Sophie in the suspense drama Girona (2015) and later that same year played Dr. Jaqui Finch in Dare to be Wild (2015), a film based on Mary Reynold’s win at the Chelsea Flower Show. She appeared as Janet in Come Home (2018) and starred as Anna McVeigh in the Netflix original drama Hache (2019). In November 2022, it was announced that Brennan had been cast in This Town, the major new drama from Steven Knight. Brennan is recognized as one of the most notable stage actresses from Northern Ireland.